The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems is a 2008 book by Van Jones.

[1] The book has received favorable reviews from Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Laurie David, Paul Hawken, Winona LaDuke and Ben Jealous.

[2] The Green Collar Economy is the first environmental book written by an African-American to make the New York Times bestseller list.

With appropriate incentives and programs, the jobs could be created in inner cities and thereby help lift people out of poverty.

According to Jones, Americans can ensure the "approaching green wave lifts all boats," and calls for a mass movement to tackle the United States' ecological and economic crises.